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. B. BERKOWITZ APRON Filed Dec. 17I 1925 Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

UNITED STA BENJAMIN` BERxoWITz, oF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

APRON. v

Application led December 17, 1925. Serial No. 75,923.

To @ZZ whom it may coincer/h.:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN BannowiTz, a citizen of the United States,y residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadeiy phia and `State of Pennsylvania, have inventedV certain Improvements in Aprons', of which the following is a specification.' A

My invention is designed to provide an apron having means forl protecting the strings thereof from strains or detachment during laundering without detracting from the appearance of the apron whenv in usejand the leading object of my invention .is vthe avoidance of the formation of casings' exform lumps or padsinterfering with laundering or mangli'ng and give a bulky and unsightly appearance, as well as necessitating use of an excessive amount of material.

In accordance with my improvements, tunnels are formed by hems or facings along the lateral or-vertical edges'ofthe apron with open mouths adjacent to the points of attachment of the strings. preferably formed, along the longitudinal edges of they apron bib and avoid the objections inherent in the provision of tunnels or casings extending transversely to the length of the apron and across the body of the wearer. a

rIhe characteristic. features Iand kadvan-V In the drawings,`Fig. 1 is a front view of an apron embodying my improvements, With one string partly housed in its tunnelyF ig.

.2 is a rear view thereof, `with both strings Fig. t is a fragmentary sectional view through the tunnel at theleft of Fig. v1.

tending across the fronts 0f aprons, which..v y

looped and pushed into the respective tun,`

laundering.

Such tunnels are free; Fig. 3 is a view of an implement for inserting the strings in the tunnels; and

As illustrated in the drawings, the apron comprises an integral skirt l and bib 2, theV latter having tapering edges 8 converging toward the top to permit free movement of the arms of the wearer; Tunnels 4; are

formed along the edges 3 preferably by mouths r6 ofthe tunnels, the attached ends of the strings preferably being housed within the tunnels.. Y

`A vflexible rod 7 has on the ends thereof open eyesv'S over whichthe strings may be nels as indicated in Fig. 1;.the stringsbeing left in the tunnels in lapped sections upon the withdrawal ofthe rod and during fyAs each string is separately housed there is no danger of entanglement with one an'- other and nobulk impeding laundering orl mangling is formed at any one place. When kthe aprons havebeen laundered the strings may be readily extracted Afrom the tunnels by pulling thereon with the fingers and the tunnels do not in any way effect the utility or appearance ofthe apron when Worn.

, Having` described my invention', I claim:

' AAn apron comprising a skirt and abibJf with upwardly converging edges', strings se--i cured to said apron adjacent vto the` waist linev thereof and tunnels along the convergingedges of such bib and having open mouths adjacentto the 'point of attachment of the strings. Y v y In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my name thisl vday' of December, 1925.

BENJAMINBERKOWTTZ.

vstrings 5r aie attached adjacent to the open 

